A Mother's Prayers is an intimate portrait of Anne Rand, the author's mother, who battled cancer for thirteen years while raising three children and working three jobs. This memoir centers on the last four years of Anne's life as seen through a young boy's eyes. It explores Anne's devotion to Catholicism and her confrontation with death as her young children struggle to understand what disease does to the body and the spirit. Anne's story is composed of a series of scenes sketched from memory and interviews with family members, connected symbolically and thematically. What unfolds is a story about faith, family, and forgiveness (or lack thereof).